Elon Musk sells $3.5m worth of flamethrowers in a day

Elon Musk, the multi-billionaire founder of electric car company Tesla and tunnelling company Boring, has sold $3.5m (£2.5m) worth of “boring” flamethrowers in less than 24 hours.

The maverick businessman, who last week secured a pay deal that could see him collect $55 Billion, had pledged that if The Boring Company sold 50,000 baseball caps at $20 each he would start selling flamethrowers.

The caps sold out, and Musk started selling $500 flamethrowers on Sunday, tweeting: “Guaranteed to liven up any party!”